Dancer Ruby comes to Berlusconi’s aid with bizarre court protest

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In a statement read in a breathless monotone she claimed to have been subjected to pressure and intimidationAP

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Her placard reads 'I want to protect myself from lies and prejudices'EPA

Philip WillanRome

Published at 12:01AM, April 5 2013

The former erotic dancer at the heart of Silvio Berlusconi’s under-age
prostitution trial yesterday staged a bizarre protest on the steps of the
Milan courthouse, in which she sought to defend the former Premier and
attacked the “prejudiced” press and judiciary that was waging war against
him.

Karima El Mahroug held up her Moroccan passport to show how she had added the
name Mubarak to hers, a deception that allegedly led Mr Berlusconi to
believe that she was related to President Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian
leader, and to intervene with the police on her behalf to avoid a diplomatic